Luxury only, hand-picked: watches, jewellery, motors, art, the finer rooms. The Steward reads the lots, prices each against comparable listings, and taps your shoulder at the decisive moment. He advises. He never bids for you.
"A Leica M6 under $1,200." "Eames shells, West Coast shipping." Plain words, your ceiling. Say it once — the Steward takes it from there.
Every matching lot on eBay — including the misspelled and badly titled ones that get no bids — priced against comparable listings in the same condition, around the clock. He knows what the market is asking. That's the job.
One alert, at the decisive moment. He advises — the bid is always yours to place.
| Lot | Item | Bid stood at | Asking comps | Margin | Called at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0117 | Leica M6 Classic, blacklisted as "lieca camera film" | $742 | $1,310 | 43% under | 11 min out |
| 0242 | Eames DSW shells, set of 4no keywords, one dim photo | $96 | $420 | 77% under | 26 min out |
| 0388 | Omega Seamaster, 1962listed as "old watch runs" | $510 | $1,150 | 56% under | 7 min out |
| 0451 | McIntosh MC240 amplifierestate listing, no reserve | $1,205 | $2,900 | 58% under | 54 min out |
The Steward's service is free, and stays free. When a lot he found is won, the house that sold it pays his wage. You are never billed, never asked for a card, and never shown an advertisement.
He keeps to the rooms he knows: watches, cameras and lenses, vintage audio, instruments, mid-century furniture, fine jewelry, art and antiques, designer grails, rare books. Every lot hand-picked: top condition grades only, sellers with spotless records only, and where eBay's Authenticity Guarantee applies — designer bags above all — nothing makes his floor without it. He does not handle phone cases.
Ring for serviceEntirely. The Steward reads listings through eBay's official developer API and participates in their Partner Network — eBay pays him a commission when you buy through his alerts. He works with the house, never around it.
Three walls stand between you and a fake. He only reads sellers with substantial, near-spotless records. Where eBay's Authenticity Guarantee applies — designer bags, fine watches and jewelry above the program's thresholds — the item is physically inspected by eBay's authenticators before it ever reaches the buyer, and on his floor, bags don't appear without it. And every purchase happens on eBay itself, under eBay's own money-back guarantee — the Steward never handles the goods or the payment.
Never. He is a steward, not a proxy. He tells you the moment is right; the bid is yours to place, in your own account. This is both good manners and the reason he'll never cost you your eBay standing.
By arithmetic he publishes in full: same item, same condition grade, up to fifty current asking prices from US sellers, the extremes thrown out, and the figure read from below the middle of what survives. If it errs, it errs against us. The whole method is here.
A saved search tells you something exists. The Steward tells you where it stands — every candidate priced against comparable listings of the same condition — and he reads the listings saved searches never find: the misspelled, the badly titled, the one-photo estate lots that get no bids because nobody else sees them.
Nothing. The service is free and stays free — no card, no subscription, no advertisements. When a lot the Steward found is won, eBay pays him a small commission out of their own end, at no cost to you. That is his entire wage.
The Steward is taking on his first households now, in order of the cards on his tray. Leave yours below — early households keep founding rates for life.
Tell the Steward what you're hunting and your ceiling. He'll begin his rounds and call on you the moment something worth mentioning appears.